
Borstal Boy
As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
- Year: 2001
- Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen
- Keyword: homophobia, bullying, liverpool, england, coming of age, cross dressing, accidental death, ira (irish republican army), based on memoir or autobiography, teenage boy, reform school, norfolk, 1940s, borstal, gay theme, gay teenager
- Director: Peter Sheridan
- Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle, Mark Huberman